There would also be a cardiopulmonary problem at the basis of Andrea Purgatori 's death. It is one of the details that emerged from the autopsy on the journalist's body carried out at the Tor Vergata institute of forensic medicine in Rome. Three months ago he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, a disease also confirmed by an initial examination of the organ during an autopsy.
In a few weeks, the results of the CT scan, blood tests and other tests carried out - also to check for the possible presence of infections - will give a complete clinical picture.
After the arrival of the authorization for the reporter's body, the funeral was set for Friday, which will take place at 10 in Rome in the Church of the Artists in Piazza del Popolo, while the mortuary in the Campidoglio is scheduled for today in the afternoon.
The prosecutors of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office - who have opened a file in which two doctors of the Pius XI Roman clinic are under investigation for manslaughter - have already heard some people and several others, including doctors and acquaintances of the journalist, will be heard in the next few days to retrace the last months of Purgatori's life and the course of his illness.
(Unioneonline/ss)
